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HRC38: High Commissioner’s oral update on Burundi
UN Human Rights Council – 38th regular sessionItems 2 and 10: Technical assistance and capacity‑building (including oral update on Georgia) and the High Commissioner’s oral update on Burundi Oral statement delivered by ClĂ©mentine de Montjoye Mr. President, Mr. High Commissioner, This statement is delivered on behalf of DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa HuÂman […]
Defender of the month: Mohamed Farah
Mohamed Farah, 34, is a Somali human rights defender (HRD). He is the founder and chairperson of the Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN). In addition to his work with the Somali Coalition of Human Rights Defenders as a steering committee member and Disabled Peoples’ International, Farah advocates for people with disabilities who face serious discrimination.
HRC38: Outcome of Burundi’s Universal Periodic Review
UN Human Rights Council – 38th regular session Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Oral statement delivered by Mr. Nicolas Agostini Version française ci-dessous Mr. President, DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) takes note of Burundi’s replies to the recommendations received during its UPR. We regret the government’s unwillingness to ratify […]
HRC38: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
DefendDefenders call attention to worrying developments in Sudan and Tanzania.
HRC38: Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
UN Human Rights Council – 38th regular session Item 4: Interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi  Oral statement delivered by Mr. Nicolas Agostini Version française ci-dessous Mr. President, members of the Commission of Inquiry, We thank you for your update. Since the beginning of the crisis, civil liberties have been seveÂrely restricted […]
Spreading Fear, Asserting Control: Tanzania’s assault on civic space
DefendDefenders raises the alarm about a growing human rights crisis in Tanzania
HRC38: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea
UN Human Rights Council – 38th regular session Item 4: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea Oral statement delivered by Mr. Nicolas Agostini Mr. President, Madam Special Rapporteur, We thank you for your final report to the Human Rights CounÂcil, which outlines that the situÂation in Eritrea […]
NGOs respond to allegations by Ambassador Haley
22 June 2018 Dear Ambassador Haley, We write in response to your letter of 20 June 2018, in which you suggest that NGOs are somehow responsible for your decision to withdraw from the Human Rights Council. The decision to resign from the Council was that of the US administration alone. We had legitimate concerns that […]
HRC38: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on summary executions and on freedom of expression
UN Human Rights Council – 38th regular session Item 3: Clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on summary executions and the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression Oral statement Mr. President, DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) welcomes the reports of the Special Rapporteurs […]
Réflexions sur la 38ème session du Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU
Interventions au Conseil Notes de cadrage et communiquĂ©s de presse ÉvĂ©nements parallèles RĂ©solutions English version L’ouverture de la 38ème session a Ă©tĂ© marquĂ©e par un Ă©vĂ©nement sans prĂ©cĂ©dent : le retrait des États-Unis du Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU (CDH). Il s’agit en effet, au cours des 12 ans d’existence du Conseil, du premier […]